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Lanny R. Patten abruptly resigned as president and chief operating officer of Airgas Inc. after only

IT'S UP TO THE NEW YORK EXCHANGES alone to find a way of patching up the crack in their plans to mov

Apr. 18, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

The head of a House subcommittee is pleading with two federal agencies to stop ''bickering" over the

A lobby group for the Australian grain industry on Thursday criticized a A$135-million aid package f

DUTCH SHIPPING LINE DECLARED BANKRUPTROTTERDAM, The Netherlands - Van Nievelt Goudriaan, a l

Shipping joint ventures between the Soviet Union and Southeast Asia have been proposed before, but

An Israeli maritime union that tied up two Zim Israel Navigation Co. vessels in U.S. ports this mont

The shipping industry should look more closely at joint ventures and leasing as alternative methods

USDA INSPECTION, WEIGH FEES TO INCREASEWASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fed

Air cargo volume through Seattle-Tacoma International Airport gained 8 percent in February, despite

Agriculture Secretary Edward Madigan again assured lawmakers that opening trade with Mexico would no

Without fast-track negotiating authority, new trade opportunities for American agriculture could be

The outlook for the sugar market is definitely bearish unless something unforeseen happens, accordin

Apr. 17, 1991 Copper Total, 29,950. Gold Total, .1,447,167.Silver Total, .263,644,787.

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Portland, Ore., port commissioners approved a nine-acre expansion of Toyota's auto import terminal.<

After months of negotiation and a grueling two-day demonstration, the United States/North Europe Rat

Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev returns to his strike-plagued country with little more than an ac

Paula Green is a reporter at the trade desk of The Journal of Commerce, writing on all areas of inte

Today's U.S. Department of Agriculture quarterly cattle-on-feed report is expected to show light fir

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

American trade officials are hardening their stance against Taiwan's illegal textile importers, comp

The Federal Maritime Commission is proposing sanctions designed to end South Korean restrictions aff

A major Soviet shipping enterprise, Black Sea Shipping Co., is poised to sign joint-venture agreemen

MOODY'S CUTS RATINGS ON APC SENIOR NOTESMoody's Investors Service Thursday said it has cut t

U.S. oil output rose in the January-to-March quarter for the first time in five years, but the hike

The U.S. dollar traded broadly higher Thursday afternoon on a technical rebound after breaching a su

A blue-ribbon delegation of local business and political figures is due in the United States in earl

After more than 11,000 staff cuts and layoffs in the life insurance industry this year alone - the l

Dow Chemical Co., of Midland, Mich., reported its first-quarter sales and earnings were higher this

U.S. Postal Service officials have been invited to Capitol Hill Tuesday to tell a House subcommittee

The group that controls VASP Brazilian Airlines reportedly is negotiating to acquire a majority sta

Booming trade with Latin America and the Caribbean may be just a phone call away, says an award-win

Apr. 18, 1991 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Apr. 18, 1991 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

There are mixed expectations in the U.S. coal industry about what the unrest in Soviet mines will m

A Coast Guard safety report on a February engine room fire that killed six American seamen should be

Moody's Investors Service downgraded USF&G Corp. senior debt to "Baa3" from ''A3", reflecting greate